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About this movie

Genres:
Science Fiction, Romance
Language:
English
Running time:
1:32:13
Rating:
R
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Karra Elejalde Hector
  2. Candela Fernández Clara
  3. Bárbara Goenaga
  4. Nacho Vigalondo
  5. Juan Inciarte
  6. Barbara Goenaga

Directors

  1. Nacho Vigalondo

Producers

  1. Jordi Rediu
  2. Norbert Llaras
  3. Jorge Gomez
  4. Santi Camunas
  5. Esteban Ibarretxe
  6. Javier Ibarretxe
  7. Eduardo Carneros

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An ordinary guy takes an extraordinary step through time in this science fiction thriller. Hector (Karra Elejalde) is spending a few days in the countryside with his girlfriend, Clara (Candela Fernández), when he sees something that catches his attention while playing with his binoculars. Looking at a nearby house near a wooded area, Hector spies a beautiful woman taking her clothes off, and decides to take a stroll and give her a closer look. However, when he arrives at the house several minutes later, the woman is lying in the grass and appears to either be dead or passed out. As Hector examines her, he's attacked by a strange man and flees on foot. Hector seeks refuge in a building that turns out to be a research facility owned by a mysterious scientist (Nacho Vigalondo), who gives him a place to hide inside a futuristic closet. However, Hector realizes it was actually a time-travel machine when he emerges a few minutes later and looks out the window to see himself standing over the unconscious woman in the distance. Los Cronocrimenes (aka Timecrimes) was the first feature film from writer and director Nacho Vigalondo, who also appears as the scientist.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

88%Tomatometer score: 88% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel Very cool. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Tom Long, Detroit News The key here is to keep things moving without letting the logical (or illogical) complications weigh down the action, and [director] Vigalondo does this well. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Andrew Pulver, Guardian [UK] An enterprising Spanish time-travel thriller, that's light on DeLoreans and lightning bolts, but heavy on fiendish cross-currents of temporal interaction. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Anton Bitel, Film4 Meticulous plotting, breathless pacing, paradoxes aplenty, and some surprisingly human dilemmas, all make this low-key sci-fi thriller well worth going back over again and again. It is a Primer-like triumph of ideas over budget. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Wendy Ide, Times [UK] Fiendishly convoluted and stylishly crafted, Time Crime is a low-budget sci-fi thriller from Spain that ably demonstrates the value of a neat idea, cleverly executed. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Wesley Morris, Boston Globe The director operates his metaphysical contraption with enough wit to jolt away your skepticism. Full review External link
  7. Positive review
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune The modest satisfactions of Timecrimes come down to a protagonist divided against himself. Full review External link
  8. Positive review
    Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Timecrimes is like a temporal chess game with nudity, voyeurism and violence, which makes it more boring than most chess games but less boring than a lot of movies. Full review External link
  9. Negative review
    Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune The idea isn't bad, and Vigalondo makes the pretzel logic of the situation lucid, but he doesn't have the chops to give the tale the suspense and humor it needs. Full review External link

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